CVE-2017-16116: String Project String

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.

Affected products

• String Project String: up to and including 0.2.1; from 0.2.2, up to and including 3.3.3

Published 2018-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.